Morgan Manganello
mmangan2@binghamton.edu
10 Articles
Columns
We need to pay attention to first responders' mental health
In the wake of incomprehensible tragedy and loss, we mourn. We mourn for the loss of a young life, for their loved ones and for the community. The grievous loss of Joao...
Columns
Rejecting the new normal
Since Columbine, over 150,000 students have experienced a school shooting. For us, the idea of hiding for your life with gunshots around you does not conjure up the image of a war...
Columns
Why is this flu season so dangerous?
It’s cold and flu season. But it’s just the flu — no biggie, right? Some friends and family have been talking about their co-workers and classmates coming down with a harsh case...
Columns
When did we stop loving to learn?
I ran down the hall with the amount of energy that only a child on Christmas morning could have, going toward a pile of ornately wrapped gifts under our towering fir. I...
Columns
Should pre-med requirements be reconsidered?
I arrived at the hospital with a sense of wonder and thrill — every neuron in my body firing at full potential, triggering me to feel excitement in my fingertips and through...
Columns
Bridging the gap between generations
“They’re slackers, cynics, whiners, drifters, malcontents.” I bet millennials popped into your head while reading that sentence. However, those were also words used in the early 1990s to describe the Americans born...
Columns
Acknowledging the rising benzodiazepine epidemic
Today, most Americans are well aware of the opioid epidemic, which continues to grow daily. This awareness comes with good reason — in 2015 alone, more than 33,000 people died due to...
Columns
The dangers of toxic friendships
Throughout our health education, we are reminded to look for warning signs of abuse in our partners — but why are we never reminded to look for those same warning signs in...
Columns
Combating the sexism in medicine
An emergency medical technician provides care to people on what is likely the worst day of their lives. EMTs endure rigorous training to become certified, from hours of book work learning the...
Opinions
Creating a climate of accountability
I remember it was a sunny October afternoon in my high school Contemporary Issues in Health class when my attention was pulled from the floating orange leaves back to the Victims Information...